[LIBRARYDIR] Internet filtering?

[Hersh-tudor, Andrew]

No filtering here at Wenatchee.  We do have more and more layers of software watching for scenarios where, for instance,  someone receives a phishing email and follows a link to a malicious site, but that sort of thing is more likely to trigger an alert than prevent the site from loading. That's an information security issue, though, not a content issue. If you're just using an internet browser we're not filtering any sites. -Andrew

From: LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Samantha Hines
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 8:45 AM
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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] Internet filtering?

Hello and good morning,

I'm trying to get a handle on if and how other CTCs are filtering internet access.  We have a fairly restrictive filter at Peninsula, which coming from a university environment is frankly shocking to me, but our IT director is convinced that this is how it's done at the community and technical college level. At least once a week I or a student in the library run up against a blocked site, mostly due to the way the site is set up to redirect or sometimes because of a blacklist, but other times because of content (eek! Major intellectual freedom concerns!).

Can you let me know if/how filtering is done at your campus?
Thanks so much,
Samantha

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Samantha Schmehl Hines
Associate Dean for Instructional Resources and Library Director
Peninsula College
1502 E Lauridsen Blvd
Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 417-6275 | shines at pencol.edu<mailto:shines at pencol.edu>



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